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Jazz Unlimited for Sunday, August 11, 2019, presents “The Career of Kenny Burrell.” Guitarist Kenny Burrell is one of the many jazz musicians who came out of Detroit in the late 1940’d to mid 1950’s. Born in 1931, he began playing guitar by age 12, and took music theory and classical guitar lessons. Influenced by Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore and mainly Django Reinhardt, Burrell made his first recordings with Dizzy Gillespie while he was a student at Wayne State University in 1951. He moved to New York in 1956 and soon became a stalwart for the Blue Note label. Burrell was al

Jazz Unlimited for March 24, 2019 will be “Soul Jazz.” The ‘Soul Jazz” style of jazz grew out of hard bop as an alternative to the hard turn to the avant-garde that jazz was undergoing in the late 1950’s. We will hear music by Gene Harris, Akiko Tsuruga, Les McCann, Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff, Junior Mance, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Johnny O’Neal, Johnny Griffin and the Big Soul Band, Sonny Stitt, Eddie Harris, Oliver Nelson with Jimmy Smith, Horace Silver, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Ramsey Lewis, Jack McDuff and Cannonball Adderley. Please make your contribution to St.

Jazz Unlimited for Sunday, August 19, 2018 will be “Gospel Piano, Tributes to Jean Kittrell and Aretha Franklin Plus New Music.” This week’s Jazz Unlimited show will be in three parts. The Keys and Strings Hour will feature gospel piano with Ramsey Lewis, Les McCann, Hank Jones, Bobby Timmons, Mildred Falls with Mahalia Jackson, Gene Harris, and Johnny O’Neal in the first hour. We will play tributes to the Jean Kittrell, who died at age 90 on October 14 and Aretha Franklin, who died at age 76 on August 16 in the second hour. The third hour presents New Music by the Mik

Jazz Unlimited for August 5, 2018 will be “The Turrentine Brothers.” The Turrentine brothers, saxophonist Stanley and trumpeter Tommy were born in Pittsburgh. They were associated mainly with the Hard Bop/Soul Jazz styles of the fifties and sixties, but Stanley had a hit recording, “Sugar,” in the 1970’s while Tommy recorded with Sun Ra in 1989. We will their music with their own groups, the George Hudson Orchestra, Ray Brown, Gene Harris, Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Branford Marsalis & Kurt Elling, Ernie Wilkins, Freddie Hubbard, Les McCann, Max Roach & Abbey Lincoln, R

Jazz Unlimited for July 22, 2018 will be “The Keys and Strings Hour and New Music.” Boogie Woogie and blues piano music will be heard in the first hour with Count Basie, Leroy Carr, our own Ralph Sutton playing a duet with Jay McShann, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons and Meade “Lux” Lewis, Otis Spann, Gene Harris and Dave Burrell. New music in the last two hours will feature selections from the Mosaic Set, “The Savory Collection 1935-1940,” a newly discovered 1963 John Coltrane recording session, the Charles Pillow Large Ensemble playing music from Miles Davis’ electric period, Chica

Jazz Unlimited for March 4, 2018 will be “The Career of Gene Harris.” Pianist Gene Harris had two careers. The first was from 1966 to 1976 with “The Three Sounds,” which was followed by semi-retirement in Boise, Idaho. Ray Brown rediscovered him in 1983. His joyous career continued until his heath in 2000.

Jazz Unlimited for January 28, 2018 will be “The Keys and Strings Hour + New Music.” The “Keys and Strings Hour” will visit the Maybeck Recital Hall for piano solos by Jaki Byard, Gene Harris, Monty Alexander, our own John Hicks and James Williams. In addition, there will be duets between Ralph Sutton & Dick Hyman, Roger Kellaway & Red Mitchell and Dave McKenna & Grey Sargent. We will also hear new music from our own St.

The September 25 Jazz Unlimited show will be a three-part show. The “Keys and Strings Hour “ will feature pianist Gene Harris in the first hour. The second hour will be “Remembering Toots Thielemans.” The Belgian harmonica player and sometime guitarist will be heard with George Shearing, Cleo Laine, Kenny Werner, Mongo Santamaria, Judy Niemack and Joe Lovano. New music for September in the third hour will feature Tim Warfield, John Scofield, the Bad Plus, the pianist Lang Lang, Enrico Pieranunzi, a duet between Andrew Cyrille and Bill McHenry and Quest.

Jazz Unlimited for October 4 is “The Career of Jeff Hamilton.” Born in Richmond, Indiana, drummer Jeff Hamilton is comfortable playing in all styles of music, equally at home in trio, combo or big band settings. He went to Indiana University and started his career with Lionel Hampton in 1974. Jeff first came to prominence with Monty Alexander trio in 1976. Since then, he has played with a wide variety of artists, including Woody Herman, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and the LA Four. His drumming is very melodic and is characterized by the use of an older style Chinese cymbal. He teaches,

Please join me Sunday night on Jazz Unlimited from nine to midnight for “The Career of Kenny Burrell.” Detroit born guitarist and teacher Kenny Burrell has had a 64 year as a performer and teacher. An active studio musician, he performed in over 600 record sessions. Burrell has 70 albums as a leader. In 1996, he became a professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He teaches an annual course on Duke Ellington called “Ellingtonia.” Kenny Burrell will be heard with Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Hank Jones, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Milt Jackson,

Jazz Unlimited for December 29 will be “Funky Piano Players and New Music.” Experiencing a driving, funky sounding piano trio is one of the most exciting and joyous things in listening to jazz. We will feature music from Les McCann, Junior Mance, Red Garland, Bobby Timmons, Gene Harris, Ramsey Lewis and Monty Alexander will be featured. New music to be played will be from four new Mosaic sets: Earl Hines, Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb, Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions and John Carter/Bobby Bradford west coast avant-garde music. Recordings by Marc Copland and Gary Peacock, Cooper-M